The Supreme Court of Justice declined having jurisdiction over the libel case by the director of Revista Rumbo ,Anibal de Castro, against the controversial and outspoken lawyer, Marino Vinicio Castillo, alias "Vincho." The lawyer, by way of his television program on Channel 4, and Rumbo, the newsweekly magazine, have a long running confrontation. Castillo is the president of the government anti-drug council. De Castro’s lawyers took the case to the Supreme Court on the basis of Castillo’s status as ambassador and minister. The Supreme Court declined this privilege on grounds that he is not a minister, but rather has the rank of minister and the rank of ambassador.
